Jeremiah 51 prophesies the destruction of Babylon and he uses the Medes and the Persians to this end: "The Lord has stirred up the king of the Medes... to destroy Babylon... the Lord will carry our his purpose, his decree against Babylon... the Medes are my war club, my weapon for battle... with you I shatter everyone... I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done... I will stretch out my hand against you... and you will be desolate forever... we will lay waste the land of Babylon... may the violence done to our flesh be upon Babylon... Babylon will be a heap of ruins... I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter... her towns will be desolate... come out of her my people and run for your lives!... I will punish the idols of Babylon... Babylon must fall because of Israel's slain... the Lord will destroy Babylon... the Lord is a God of retribution... and God says he will make Babylon's leaders drunk and they will sleep forever". Then Jeremiah sent Seraiah to read the scroll with all these prophecies in Babylon and then tie a stone to it and throw it in the Euphrates symbolic of how Babylon would sink forever".
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